Let's talk about Zayn Malik's Terminator arms at the Met Gala...

The Met Gala is pitched as New York’s answer to the Oscars - and at both, what the celebrities wear is becoming more of a spectacle than the actual event itself. For this year’s exhibition, titled Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology, Zayn Malik was the man who took the theme most literally, layering his cool Versace evening suit with, well, armour arms.

Perhaps wishing he was actually at home watching Monday night’s episode of Game Of Thrones or gunning for a part in a new Terminator-Marvel hybrid film?

Thing is, if you take a look at the tux lurking underneath, you'll see that it's a well-fitted, single-breasted masterpiece - modern, slim-cut and given an injection of high-end interest with that Versace-signature silver Medusa button. In short, Donatella done good.

While we don't expect that throwing on armour will ever be a black tie consideration for many of us, this highlights that when it comes to black tie, less is definitely more. By all means try out an "air tie" like Malik here, go for a chambray evening shirt or step into a pair of monogrammed velvet slippers, but keep everything else as classic as can be.

Then again, the man's dress sense has clearly been a contributing factor in getting supermodel Gigi Hadid on his bionic arm as his Met Gala date - and who can argue with that kind of superhuman pulling power?